the cat was hilarious

@Aditya-te7oo

3 жыл бұрын

anita gobotswang 😂😂😂

@PC_Simo

Жыл бұрын

It really was 😻.

@sarahlouise7163

Жыл бұрын

caAT

@Vandal_Savage

9 ай бұрын

Cats win the Internet again 😊

In Korean language, P,T,K sounds are distinguished by three differences in aspiration. For example, /tal/(moon), /t͈al/( daughter), /tʰal/(mask).

@pugilat123456

Жыл бұрын

I find it awfully hard. ㅋㅌㅊㅍ, those are kind of ok but the difference between ㄷ ㄸ for instance is still a mystery to me

@tinfoilhomer909

11 ай бұрын

​@@pugilat123456 For me ㄸ sounds like Dutch K and ㅋ sounds like English K. ㄷ is very much like English G.

@kori228

6 ай бұрын

Korean aspiration is really just pitch /tal/'moon' is really [tʱal˧˨] mid/lowish pitch /t͈al/ is regular tenuis [tal] (with a high/falling pitch) /t͈ tʰ/ have a high/falling pitch /t t͈ tʰ/ is better described as /d t tʰ/

Your explanation of the slightly affricated English t finally explains why my roommate tells me I often pronounce some Mandarin words that start with t (like 天 (tian)) incorrectly! Thank you for delving into aspects of English that aren't discussed much.

@DrGeoffLindsey

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. You're welcome.

I like how clearly you explained everything. I also liked how you gave real life examples for us to use (Tokyo, take a piece of cake etc). I'm studying Speech and Language Therapy at the moment so I'm glad I found your channel :)

@DrGeoffLindsey

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Good luck with your studies.

I can't find the words to explain how this video has been important for my learning journey. It has been like swallowing the red pill Orpheo offered to Neo (The Matrix) and unveil the mysteries of English pronunciation. Therefore here is my teeny tiny contribution to support your upcoming work 🙏 Thank you!

oh dear, this channel is a holy grail! living in the uk, I'm trying to make myself sound closer to native SSB, and this really helps to understand the differences. at the same time, I've come to realise that I will probably never be able to :) many thanks for the videos!

when you showed the cat I LOST IT

Devanagri (hindi) has more aspirated sounds ('j, jh, g, gh etc) than English but Indians don't aspirate because we are taught 't', 'p' as a non aspirated alphabet in preschools.

@Aditya-te7oo

3 жыл бұрын

Kapil Which is not proper English.

@davorzmaj753

Жыл бұрын

My impression is that in Hindi, there are both aspirated and non-aspirated versions of P T K, and also of the corresponding voiced consonants: B D G, and that those differences carry meaning. That's why some words are transliterated into the Latin alphabet with an "h", e.g. "dharma" -- to indicate an aspirated D sound. I don't know if "darma" is a word, but if it is, I imagine it's a different one, with a different meaning. Am I correct about all that?

@Bholu420

Жыл бұрын

@@davorzmaj753 yeah right darma (दर्म) is different dharma(धर्म). In fact, Hindi has additional D related sound which is not present in English Aspirated -> द (da [d̪]), ड (ḍa [ɖ]) Corresponding Non aspirated -> ध (dha [d̪ʱ]), ढ (ḍha [ɖʱ])

@abhishekdixit638

Жыл бұрын

​@@Aditya-te7oo श द फ़ कप, there is no such thing as "PROPER ENGLISH" its an international language, and hence geographical variations are valid dialects. If not, then Aussie and American are also improper. South Africa also has its own English accent. Idk why when it comes to India,SOME people call it improper and illiterate...its NOT! Its just nativization based on convenience Sorry to say this but, your perspective is flawed.

@abhishekdixit638

Жыл бұрын

💯% you are very correct. I'd like to add that, Hindi has a total of 10 aspirated consonants/ व्यंजन. 5 of them are for voiceless consonants i.e (क च ट त प)(k, ch, [ʈ], [t̪], p ) hence aspirated with the so called "voiceless glottal fricative" [ ʰ] And the rest 5 are for corresponding voiced consonants i.e (ग ज ड द ब)(g, j, [ɖ], [d̪], b) and aspirated with a voiced glottal fricative [ ʱ](which is absent in English) Also, the Indian language of Marathi, which is also written in Devanagari has all of the consonants mentioned above plus phonetically marked aspirated bilabial nasal [mʱ] and aspirated labio-dental approximant [ʋʱ] (kinda like English v of 'evil'.) And maybe more non phonetic aspirations also exist in it. 😊

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. In Korean, from what I understand so far, there are pairs of consonants that are distinguished just by whether they are aspirated or not. Even though Korean wasn’t mentioned, this video got me a little closer to getting the difference. Especially the whisper to voiced method. And the accent demos, too

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Where English has only voiced and voiceless plosives, Korean has 'plain', 'tense' and 'aspirated'. Tricky!

I must admit, I didn't have time (meaning "was too lazy") to learn anything about aspiration. I'd simply imitate natives' pronunciation without even knowing I aspirated some letters--shame on me, haha. And now, you're explaining everything in short five minutes! If I only had such talented teachers back in school =) Thank you!

oh my god ..the cat ! :) love this ahhaha

This is an excellent explanation of a concept that is important in the learning of many languages. Thank you!

Geoff, your evidential phonetics is invaluable for me and my students who are mostly English as a second or third language and or dutch actors. Anything that cuts through the mentational and into the directly observable physical works best. And now with renewed knowledge back to your marvellous book: English after RP. BEST X 10, William S.

@DrGeoffLindsey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, William.

2:17 this is the most helpful demonstration of aspiration i've seen. sometimes it really helps to visualize

Excellent! I'm lucky to have come across this video, it's clearly explained. I'm ESL learner and it's very useful to me. Thank you a lot, and I'm following you.

@DrGeoffLindsey

8 жыл бұрын

+Facundo Guzmán Many thanks for the kind words.

I’m one of those nerds who was always subconsciously aware of many of the things you’re talking about in videos… it’s great to have them explained and to realise I’m a bit smarter than I thought!

Every lesson is a revelation. Merci!

I love how you give examples from around the world (and Britain - even after studying a lot of pre-Nirman history, I'm endlessly fascinatrd by how many accents are crammedcinto an island 2/3rds the size of California!)

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am an ESL teacher for adult beginners and this will improve my service to my students! I wish you good health, and increased $$ success with all your endevors.

My native language dont have aspiration but I've been learning foreign languages like English, Korean, etc and understand that there are some alphabet that need to be added some air when pronounce it and I just know that this thing is called aspiration omg.... Thank you sm for your very well explanation!!

Dear Dr Geoff, I have fallen into a very deep rabbit hole with these enlightening and superbly produced videos of yours. On the subject of aspiration, since moving to Canada from Britain three decades ago, I have come across a few instances of aspiration that surprised me. In Canadian English, and this is something that seems to particularly affect CBC radio presenters, and mostly women, believe it or not, you will occasionally hear what seems to me to be exaggerated aspiration on T sounds, as in "Saturday" (Sat-hur-day - aspiration not affrication). I came to the conclusion that these speakers are trying not to sound American and to avoid using a flap (Sad-urday) and ending up overdoing it. In the case of "Alberta" the effect is sometimes doubled (Al-bhurt-hah). And in Canadian French, as you may know, very pronounced affrication in T sounds (ts-ts) is ever-present. During my first week here in Québec, sitting on a bus listening to two teenage girls chatting animatedly I had the impression of being in an aviary with a flock of small birds. Soon got used to it and do it myself all the time. Keep up the good work!

Your explanation was so clear and helped me a lot! Thank you so much. Greetings from Argentina.

Omg, that part with the cat was so random and funny! Great video!

As you spoke, I couldn’t quite understand what aspiration was until you “turned it off.” Then with taco, Tokyo and papa, it became quite clear to me. Thank you.

what an amazing teacher ! words are not enough to thank you :)

@DrGeoffLindsey

8 жыл бұрын

What kind words! Thanks so much for watching.

THANK YOU! This video is PERFECT for my American Spanish learners!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Btw I've uploaded some more videos recently!

Absolutely smashing! Finally I understood the phenomenon of 'aspiration' (being a native speaker of german). Is there a chance that you could make a video on the glottal stop, which is such a pain for german speakers when pronouncing english.

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad it helped. Glottal stops are fascinating, and I touch on them in my new video on ejectives. I intend to cover more aspects of the glottal stop in future videos.

Excellent presentation! Respect and a big thank you to the presenter. Clear, concise and up to the point. Drawing a parallel with other languages is also a good idea.

@DrGeoffLindsey

8 жыл бұрын

+Olga Shapoval Thank you Olga. Yes, I think comparisons help.

@olgashapoval553

8 жыл бұрын

+EnglishSpeechServices For sure they do. Also, they help strengthen the rapport between students and the teacher.

Thank you for this video. It is a very clear explanation! It is amazingly good

Excellent! Thrilled to have found your channel :) From an English teacher in France .

I never realized this distinction until reading it in a book about pronunciation of P, T, and K in Esperanto (which is unaspirated). The paper example is perfect (though it might be better if the cat were somehow incorporated).

@DrGeoffLindsey

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the cat can't produce plosives at all! Thanks for commenting!

Would be fascinating to hear you talk about the differences between the ng sounds after front and back vowels

clear and useful, thank you. I was wondering why I hear a sort of "s" sound in english speakers, especially british english. Also in the end of a word, like "about" for instance. I asked some friend, native speakers, they were able to reply, so natural it is to them!

That's gorgeous. I like your lessons so much.

You are an amazing teacher. Thanks you 🙏

The paper method was very fascinating, since it makes aspirations so easy to visualize.

Finally I understood! Thank you professor!

Fun fact: On the Danish Islands, a /t/ is affricated just like in English but in Jutland it has a regular, non-affricated aspiration. (one minor difference, though: Danish aspirated stops are normally lenis, not fortis as in English)

Your videos are the best! Thanks so much!

@DrGeoffLindsey

5 жыл бұрын

That's extremely flattering! Thank you so much!

I know you're literally a dr for accents but your demonstration of various accents is really impressive.

Wow! This was informative! Thank you!

I'm studying English, this video was very helpful for my pronunciation! Thank you!!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know, Gabriela!

Brilliant explanation. Many thanks

this was so helpful, thank you dr geoff lindsey

it helps me a lot! thanks ...and ca-at whispering part with real cat is lovely point of this video:)♡ have a nice day!

@DrGeoffLindsey

7 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helps!

Perfect, thank you !!

Excellent video! It is gonna be useful in my Phonetics and Phonology exam. Thank you so much!! !

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help, Leyla. Thanks for commenting and feel free to post any questions you have!

PS: your knowledge about various accents is sooo cool!

This is amazing and influential.

Wow this has changed my idea about pronunciation. Thank you.

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful.

I have started learning Tagalog so having to speak words with no aspiration (B, P, T) - It really helped me when I tested with a piece of paper by my mouth. Thanks

@DrGeoffLindsey

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

That was amaziiiing. Thank you soooo much for this video. I'm studying linguistics and this helped me alot.

@DrGeoffLindsey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad it was helpful.

T with S was really helpful, thank you !

The apologies in italian were a special little touch, i appreciate that

@DrGeoffLindsey

7 жыл бұрын

Grazie mille

Thanks much ..... helped me through my course

I'm having my phonetics exam soon. This helps me a lot. Thank you very much!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help!

Loved the tip ❤❤❤

1:50 me to my boyfriend after buying stuff.

@DrGeoffLindsey

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@Aditya-te7oo

3 жыл бұрын

All Nialls 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

A cat? Really??? Hahaha very good!!!

@DrGeoffLindsey

9 жыл бұрын

Willow says hi :)

Very amazing explanation!!! Thumbs up! ^^

@DrGeoffLindsey

8 жыл бұрын

+man gentle I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting.

This video helped me realise why I couldn't tell if I was aspirating t or not. Affricating it wasn't somethings I'd though of, and it's something I do a lot apparently.

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it was of use.

You know what you're doing 👏👏👏👏👏 you can be an excellent speech therapist 🙂.

the cat part was so funny, hahaha Greets from Argentina!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

thank you so much you really helped me! and the way you explain is very smooth and clear

@DrGeoffLindsey

8 жыл бұрын

Hello Amira AKH, I'm very glad to have been of help. Good luck with your studies!

@amiraal-hendawi5415

8 жыл бұрын

+EnglishSpeechServices yes did help :D I want to watch all your videos and wait for more ❤

@amiraal-hendawi5415

8 жыл бұрын

+EnglishSpeechServices tho I got a question if I may ask, do glottal stops exist in English? if so what are they? thank you.

@DrGeoffLindsey

8 жыл бұрын

Amira AKH The glottal stop isn't a full contrastive sound of English, which is why dictionaries don't show it. But it's used by many English speakers: 1. in place of 't' in words like 'written' or 'Scotland', 2. as a 'hard attack' before a word-initial vowel, especially a stressed one.

@amiraal-hendawi5415

8 жыл бұрын

+EnglishSpeechServices true in scotland they don't pronunce it 't', so its in an accent. In Arabic we have one sound we use frequently. very interesting! thank you again ❤

This is great! Thank you!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU!

at least an explanation I get!! thanks a lot for sharing! greetings from Argentina. p/d: I loved the part of the cute cat :)

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it!

I love you mister thank you for this video

Loved this video! 😊

@DrGeoffLindsey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent explanation 👍👏👏👍

How did I live before "meeting" Dr. Lindsey?? I was born in California and studied Latin in school. Later I lived in Spain, then in Milan, for a total of 10 years between them. I am 100% Scandinavian, but was drawn to the Romance Languages. I am now fluent in Castilian Spanish, with it's weird "Le-ism" and the c & z followed by E or I lisping sound, although in California I use a more south -of-the-border accent on purpose. I speak standard French, and can speak Italian fluently. However, when in Rome, I hear MUCH slang from the teenagers, and don't understand a thing! I can understand the Milanese working-class dialect, but can't speak it. Later, I spent a good chunk of time in Palermo, and can understand that Sicilian dialect, but not others. I LOVE LANGUAGE and LINGUISTICS!!! Now I am going to listen closely to my Lithuanian friend for aspiration!

So helpful . Thanks a lot !

@DrGeoffLindsey

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and peace to you

I,m watching from India thank you for sharing sir

Great video...A big THANK You...

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Btw I've posted some new videos recently.

A fantastic video!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment!

Thanks a lot.

I never noticed the affrication before in my own voice when I say /t/ sounds. I always just sort of assumed it was regular aspiration and never payed close enough attention to it until now.

It was great effort dear Dr

Very well explained

It's always fun to teach children aspirated sounds with a piece of paper. They never get enough of it .

I am a pronunciation teacher and was looking for additional tips to explain the T sound! The ts stuff was extremely helpful, as well as the whisper trick. Gonna try it today on my student!

@DrGeoffLindsey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope it helps.

@neko_neko9

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrGeoffLindsey it did! :)

@DrGeoffLindsey

2 жыл бұрын

@@neko_neko9 Wonderful!

wow!! excellent explanation. Thanks a lot

@DrGeoffLindsey

5 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU, Norma

I remember when I was first learning English, my teacher made me repeat the word "cat" over and over, without explanation. Now I understand she was teaching me to aspirate, as I was saying the 'k' sound unaspirated without realizing

@DrGeoffLindsey

3 жыл бұрын

I hope it helps to understand the process now!

Very informative video. I like how you explained the 's' sound in the word 'tea'.

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. By the way, I've recently uploaded some more videos.

Hi Geoff - You may have covered this in a separate video, but what about /ch/ in stressed syllables (as in "church"), as opposed to that sound when unstressed (as in "future")? It's not only /p t k/, right?

You are great!!!!

@DrGeoffLindsey

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi I have a question is the allophonic rule relevant to ck in truck voiceless stops are unaspirated ?

Truly Excellent. I am trying to learn -un aspirated K as used in Thai. This video does not directly help-but it is a good start

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad it was of some use!

your accents are so good

In English P, T, and K sound like Ph, Th, and Kh, probably because this makes them easier to distinguish from B, D, and G. And English T sounds like Ch, because the TH sound already takes the dental space. So in the row TH - T - CH the T sound is shifted toward CH.

Brilliant video as always Fluent speaker of Hindi here, from India. I was just speaking about this to a friend. I have a feeling Indian English doesn't use the aspiration for p/k/t when written that way, is because Hindi and other languages that share the same script have a separate set of consonants that represent something close to but not exactly, the aspirated versions. If written in English, these words would actually be spelt with an 'h' - for example "phool"(flower). So it's possible our minds unconsciously make that distinction between p/ph etc when we see them written with or without the h.

@icygoldcitadel

Жыл бұрын

There is a method to transcribe the English aspirated p/t/k more faithfully in Hindi. पः/टः/कः . Had you been trying to replicate SSB, although, it wouldn't have been perfect but it would have got you closer than प/ट/क does. But, I suspect that SSB had never been the guiding post. It was RP. The lack of emphasis on aspiration of p/t/k in English teaching in India may have to do with the fact that RP used unaspirated p/k/t and English teaching methods that used Devanagari transliteration as an intermediary have simply retained the sounds the way they used to be taught in the time of British India and immediately after. Some time back, I happened to listen to a clip from first season of Doctor Who. I wasn't looking at the screen and I remember I was confused for a bit. It was amusing how everyone sounded weirdly Indian. It was oddly similar to how old Indian politicians, news-readers, professors etc. spoke. That led me to this hypothesis. Could one of the reasons for the distinctive features of Indian English be that it evolved from that posh RP English and so retains many of its features?

@swatiparasnis

Жыл бұрын

@@icygoldcitadel Interesting hypothesis regarding the origins of Indian English being from RP. The alternative method you've mentioned of representing aspirated p/k/t - at least in Hindi and Marathi it gets pronounced as "paha,. As in Nripaha. I don't know if I'm being able to articulate what I'm trying to say. Don't have access to a devnagari keyboard rn.

Thank you so much!!!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great explanation! Loved it! Congrats!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@alyanahzoe

2 ай бұрын

@@DrGeoffLindsey i don’t pronounce aspirated sounds. i glottalize them.

tysm !!!!

Thank you that was very helpful ( THE CAT MOVE WAS VERY WHOLSOME

Hi Dr Geoff, are english [ p t k ] unaspirated in unstressed syllables? like spanish [ p t k ] ? or should I think that all those consonants have weaker aspiration in unstressed syllables?

I lived in France for a while. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who thought my name was Paris (pronounced in the French way) because the similarity between English initial B and French unaspirated P was confusing.

4:16 Words with P-, T-, K-, Ch- initial syllables in Standard Japanese can be pronounced quite differently from person to person, some pronounce them aspirated while others weakly aspirated or non-aspirated at all. I learned it in my Japanese phonology class. Any Edokko Japanese can relate?

As a speaker from the very north of England I was very confused by this video until you clarified accents. "What do you mean breathing out when saying take?".

ahhh relearning mandarin and wasn't sure what they meant by aspirated and unaspirated. thank you!!!

@DrGeoffLindsey

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks for the video. It was very useful. PS: I loved your caat 😅

@DrGeoffLindsey

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!